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Rottweiler

//ˈɹɒtvaɪlə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A very large muscular breed of dog of German origin with black fur and tanned markings.
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Rottweiler. alt-of

    "In September 2006 five-month-old Caydee-Lee Glaze was mauled to death by two rottweilers at her family's pub in the Midlands, and that Christmas one-year-old Archie-Lee Hirst was killed by a family rottweiler in Leeds."

  3. 3
    German breed of large vigorous short-haired cattle dogs wordnet
  4. 4
    A very aggressive or short-tempered person. figuratively

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rottweiler, from German Rottweil.

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